🛡️ CVE-2022-2904 on Ubuntu — gitlab

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

A cross-site scripting issue has been discovered in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions starting from 15.2 before 15.2.5, all versions starting from 15.3 before 15.3.4, all versions starting from 15.4 before 15.4.1 It was possible to exploit a vulnerability in the external status checks feature which could lead to a stored XSS that allowed attackers to perform arbitrary actions on behalf of victims at client side.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-2904 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package gitlab. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs administrative privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability none.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2904 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-2904 is recorded against 1 package.

  • gitlab

Timeline and source

Published on 2 November 2022 and last revised on 24 October 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)

CVE-2022-2904 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-11-02
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2025-10-24
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
gitlab — —

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